Sbeiy

Sbeiy, meaning tomorrow in Kurdish, was established in the spring of 2007 as a Kurdish-language website dedicated to local and international news, with a focus on political, economic and cultural stories. Sbeiy’s innovative website format is intended to give the web-viewer a comprehensive overview of the most up-to-date news, whilst also allowing them to go into each news item in detail. Sbeiy's new editor-in-chief, Nazhad Jalal, has been at the website since its inception and has played a key role in its development since 2007, and he leads a staff of young but experienced writers drawn from various Kurdish media outlets. The website actively reaches out to its audience and encourages them to voice opinions on both its own articles and those drawn from the international press. In this way Sbeiy acts as an open forum for debate where people all over the world can discuss and exchange their ideas – without prejudice or censorship, a first in Kurdistan and Iraq.
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Rozhnama

Rozhnama is an independent, Kurdish-language, weekly newspaper which covers a wide range of topics, with a special focus on current affairs. Rozhnama’s mandate is to produce well-researched, in-depth stories and aims to spark debate about social, political and economic issues relevant to its audience. The editor-in-chief, Azad Chalak, works with an enthusiastic team of experienced journalists at Rozhnama and, as a result, since its first run this paper has quickly become one the most-read Kurdish weeklies. The paper enjoys complete editorial independence, which helps to ensure that it can provide its readers with objective and detailed information, which they can then use to form their own opinions.

KNN Channel

Kurdish News Network Channel (KNN Channel) is an international satellite news channel which focuses primarily on national and international current affairs, but also reports extensively on Kurdistan, particularly topics related to politics, the economy, sport, culture and the arts. KNN produces many local-interest programmes, as well as its own documentaries, though it also adapts foreign documentaries and features for Kurdish viewers. The channel broadcasts mainly in Kurdish but also has Arabic-language news and programming on a daily basis. Aram Saeed is the director of KNN Channel and under him he has a staff of over 150 people which includes experienced television journalists, presenters, researchers and technicians. KNN Channel, unlike all other domestic broadcasters in Kurdistan, is an independent station with no affiliation to any political party or interest group, seeking to promote debate whilst remaining above political ties and affiliations. KNN sees itself as being at the forefront of a regional movement towards an open society in which democracy can flourish, providing a uniquely unbiased perspective and a platform for televised debate open to all, regardless of their politics. It is universally acknowledged that an uncensored and objective press is vital to the establishment and maintenance of a free and democratic society, and this is the role that KNN seeks to play in Kurdistan.

Polling Center

The Polling Center was established in the autumn of 2007 and is the first and only center of its kind, conducting surveys on a wide range of topics and performing extensive statistical analysis. The center was initially set up by Majeed Salih an expert in obtaining and analysing social statistics and he was assisted by Hussein Muhammad Aziz, a former research consultant with over twenty years of statistical experience behind him. The polling center has over the last three years built up a considerable bank of detailed information on a wide range of subjects from economic data, to voting intentions, to population statistics, all of which provide an important resource for the various branches of the Wusha Corporation.

 

Printing House

 Zargata, the Wusha Corporation’s printing business, uses the Heidelberg printing press to ensure the highest standards in book, magazine, newspaper and poster printing.

Radio Dangi Gorran

 Dangi Gorran is a Kurdish and Arabic-language station founded in 2009, which broadcasts local and international news, music and cultural programmes. It is headed by Adil Aziz, who has used his considerable experience in broadcasting and radio journalism to set up a modern and vibrant radio station whose listener numbers are constantly on the increase.